Thanks for replying!
No, I'm afraid I don't know her history. I bought her from Streetly (then
Mellotron Archives UK), beautifully sorted and in virginal white, in 1997.
We've had a lot of fun together. Whenever she's needed tweaking I've sorted
her myself. When the power switch arc'ed out I stripped and rebuilt it with
new handmade contacts. It's been fine ever since.
I did mean Hammond, Vox, Bird∗, organs. The idea of selling my kidneys
hadn't occurred to me.
However, I don't really drink that much and I DO have two of the slimy
little fellows...
..what's the going rate then? Sounds like a plan!
∗ Sydney S. Bird and sons, long-gone makers of fine electronic organs from
Poole, Dorset, England. Lovely machines using valve oscillators and neon
dividers. Earlier ones have the most magnificent wooden keyboards and look
great next to Mellotrons. Their Time Will Come..
MSW
>From: jeffc@...
>To: Mellotronists@yahoogroups.com
>Subject: Re: [Mellotronists] Mix 'n' match M400s
>Date: Thu, 24 May 2007 17:05:04 -0400 (EDT)
>
>On Thu, 24 May 2007, Mark Wallis wrote:
>
> >
> > Hello all you tronspotters out there,
> >
> > This would be my first post, having only recently (belatedly) joined the
> > list..
>
>
>well, it's about damn time! :0)
>
>
> > I own M400 no 151. Oddly enough, her front and rear panels bear the
>number
> > 160. Does anybody out there own no 160 and what numbers are on HER front
>and
> > rear panels?
>
>
>wow - that's one of the oldest serial-number-wise i can think of!
>[i have m400 #364 myself, and caretake a couple others (1189 & 1220)]
>
>interesting to have mismatched panels like that.
>are you the original owner?
>if not, do you know the history?
>
>might have belonged to a person or shoppe that got them mixed up,
>or may have been a salvage job...
>
>
> > Just curious..
> >
> > ..and as for the M4000, well.. what a beauty. 'The boys done good' as
> > footballing parlance would have it here. Time to sell my organ
>collection,
> > methinks.
>
>
>you get better money selling them off one at a time.
>although a matched pair of kidneys might draw top dollar.
>
>wait... did you mean organ as in hammond, farfisa, vox...
>or like kidney, liver, eyeballs... ?
>
>
> > Regards,
> >
> > Mark
> >
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